Mower County transcript., 1887-11-02
WORK or INVENTORS.

g AN automatic meter for sregistering the
inequalities Of. the earth ss1 surface has been
invented BY French hnan It is carried
about IN . vehicle, passing over the land Of
which q plan Isl desired. 5 ID 54
"a NEW style of car wheel has been pat
ented by 8 ;Muskegon (Mlch.) inventor,
which has combination Of separated disks
between the ring and the hub composed Of
alternating layers Of wood and paper, one
end Of the hub being threaded and the other
provided with an integral beveled head and
wrench-seat.. i - 23z III d !: %s ~ IS
% "A CANADIAN woman has invented method
of making thistledown into merchantable
material The machine in question grasps
and binds the thistleheads, causing these to
spread out into q ball which may be shaved
to initiate plush or. left natural. This ma
teriaf in its natural state resembles raw
silk. Milliners' ornaments may be made
out Of the thlstleheads under this process.
A NEW alloy has recently been discovered
which is said to resist the attacks of most
acids and alkaline solutions. Its compost
ton is as follows: Copper, Is parts; tin,
2.34 parts; lead, 1872 parts; antimony, l
part. The alloy is, therefore, bronze with
an addition OF lead and antimony. 1t can be
adyantageously used, the inventor claims,
tOreplace vessels or fittings OF ebonite, vul-
canite or porcelain. ~
A MECHANICAL apparatus for blowing
glass bottles, which displaces the old mouth
blowing process, has been invented by an
Irishman, and an Irish syndicate has heen
organized for it's Introduction. Hitherto it
has been considered impossible to improve
upon the human lungs, and so the glass
blowers Of the world have gone on puf-
fing themselves away ut forty-tWo years of
age, which is the low average of life among
these handicraftsmen. The new invention
dispenses entirely with the human lungs,
and iniects the air into the molten glass by
an air pump not unlike an ordinary syringe
in shape and action.
A MAN in Iowa has spent fourteen years
in solving the problem Of boring square
hole, and he has succeeded. A company is
organized to put his invention on the mar
ket. It is simply an oscillating head with
chisel edges and projecting lips which cut
out the corners in advance OF the chlsel.
The balance of the machine is an almost ex-
act counterpart of the old-styled boring ma
chine 1t will cut a two by four mortice in
from four to five minutes, and doing it with
perfect accuracy, that a carpenter can not
possibly complete in less than half an hour.
AN engine which gives promise of ma
terially affecting the use of steam has been
invented and introduced in Connecticut.
The first engine made is 5Ix8x18. It gives
ten horse power by the Emerson power
scale, and has been running the shop for
three months with q 3& horse power boiler
at from forty to sixty pounds steam pres
sure. It runs at q very low or very high
speed, ranging from 200 to 1 200 revolutions
per minute, but gives the best results at a
medium speed of 700 revolutions. The en-
CINE consists of only three pieces of cast
iron, inside of closed case, and has crank
1k eccentric for five horse and ~ for ten
horse power. There is no limit to the size
and power of the engine, and it can be ap-
piled to railroad locomotives as well as to
stationary power.